Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 104928 total results. Showing results 10861 to 10880 «540541542543544545546547548Next ›Last » How to quell the sharp rise in youth violence in Canada The latest figures for gun crime in parts of Canada make for worrying reading, with shootings in Toronto increasing by 58% on last year, and the average age of those involved dropping to 20; Professor Ardavan Eizadirad of Wilfrid Laurier University argues that the best way to tackle the issue is through a data-driven public health approach that addresses the root causes of violence using evidence-based interventions. Policing Insight 15/11/2024 Analysis, Feature, Opinion The landscape of police auditing in the USA: the state of the art Various programs have been implemented to improve police performance and accountability. This article is focused on a rarely examined area, police auditing, designed for the same purpose. Many police audits have been conducted over the years to address police efficiency, economy, effectiveness, and compliance. This study answers some basic questions on how police auditing has been used over the years in various police departments, what concerns and issues have led to police auditing, what subject matters have been investigated, and how personnel and entities engaged in police auditing are structured. A nationwide police audit dataset and a quota sample of typical police audit offices/programs were used to develop a landscape or a broad review of police auditing in the USA. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 15/11/2024 Research article Productive policing: Lessons from preventative police strategies in times of New Public Management Police patrol work intersects the global trends of both crime prevention strategies and New Public Management (NPM). Based on a case study conducted among operative policing units in the Norwegian nighttime economy, we canvass lessons from environments in which the tensions that arise from reactive and proactive police strategies are particularly evident. The emphasis on measurable and quantifiable tasks in line with NPM principles, coupled with the pressures to perform according to an overall strategy of crime prevention, present challenges for proactive policing conducted at street-level. The practical implications of this strategic duality are discussed. We suggest that the notion of productive policing sits at the core of this tension as a way of producing both order and quantifiable outcomes. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 15/11/2024 Research article Partial Identification of the Dark Figure of Crime with Survey Data Under Misreporting Errors Objective: This article studies how misreporting errors in crime surveys affect our understanding of the Dark Figure of Crime (DFC). Methods: The paper adopts a Partial Identification framework which relies on assumptions that are weaker (and thus more credible) than those required by parametric models. Unlike common parametric models, Partial Identification handles both under-reporting and over-reporting of crimes (due to, say, stigma, memory errors or misunderstanding of upsetting events). We apply this framework to the Crime Survey for England and Wales to characterise the uncertainty surrounding crimes by severity and geographic region. Results: Depending on the assumptions considered, the partial identification regions for the DFC vary from [0.000, 0.774] to [0.351, 0.411]. A credible estimate places the true DFC in [0.31, 0.51]. This range was obtained while allowing for a substantive amount of reporting error (25%) and assuming that people do not over-report crimes in surveys (saying they are a victim of crime erroneously or falsely). Across regions, uncertainty is larger in the north of England. Conclusion: Accounting for misreporting introduces uncertainty about the actual magnitude of the DFC. This uncertainty is contingent on the unknown proportion of misreported crimes in the survey. When this proportion is modest (10% or below), raw survey estimates offer valuable insights, albeit with lingering uncertainty. However, researchers may want to opt for Partial Identification regions based on larger misreported proportions when examining relatively infrequent crimes that carry substantial stigma, such as sexual crimes or domestic violence. The width of the partial identification regions in this paper fluctuates among different regions of England and Wales, indicating varying levels of uncertainty surrounding the DFC in distinct localities. Consequently, previous research relying on parametric assumptions and resulting in singular point estimates necessitates re-evaluation in light of the findings presented herein. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 15/11/2024 Research article Watchdog blasts Thames Valley Police over dirty cells and use of force 'Dirty' cells and poor oversight when officers use force - Thames Valley Police has come under fire from a watchdog that said the force's leadership 'isn't good enough'. Bracknell News 15/11/2024 News Cop who tasered Australian elderly woman should have ‘evaluated’ AUSTRALIA: Tasering a person who is armed with a knife is generally an appropriate action for police but might not be suitable in every instance, an officer's trial over the death of an elderly woman has been told. 1 News (New Zealand) 15/11/2024 News Kristian White said ‘I’ve had a look and, supposedly, we aren’t meant to tase elderly people’, court hears AUSTRALIA: NSW senior constable on trial for manslaughter of Clare Nowland hadn’t been trained on ‘exceptional circumstances’ when Taser should not be used, trial told The Guardian 15/11/2024 News Senior NT cop ‘dressed as KKK to scare locals’ AUSTRALIA: A senior NT police officer dressed as Ku Klux Klan member and drove around Alice Springs to frighten Indigenous local residents, according to previously secret evidence from a former cop. The Australian - Subscription at source 15/11/2024 News QLD Police brings 3D crime scene recreation to forensics team AUSTRALIA: Queensland Police’s forensic division will soon be able to reconstruct crime scenes in 3D using the native LiDAR scanners embedded in iPad Pro. IT News (Australia) 15/11/2024 News Fine Gael proposes electronic tagging of sex offenders while Fianna Fáil calls for public transport police force REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Sources in the party have also indicated that Fine Gael is to legislate for new powers for gardaà to obtain passwords for electronic devices of criminals Irish Examiner (Republic of Ireland) - Subscription at source 15/11/2024 News Aboriginal Legal Service of WA says police arrest of teens at crime diversion program ‘completely unacceptable’ AUSTRALIA: An Indigenous leader in Western Australia claims at-risk children were left "traumatised" after police arrested three teenage boys while they were attending a program designed to keep them out of trouble. ABC News (Australia) 15/11/2024 News Australian police are trialling AI to analyse body-worn camera footage, despite overseas failures and expert criticism AUSTRALIA: Police departments around the world are increasingly using body-worn cameras in an attempt to improve public trust and accountability. The Conversation 15/11/2024 Analysis, Feature Planned extremist security alert system scrapped despite police warnings NEW ZEALAND: Police warned their Minister that ditching an extremist alert system risked leaving them and security agencies unable to prevent a terrorist act. RNZ (Radio New Zealand) 15/11/2024 News Kent Police Cadet scheme honoured with The King’s Award for Voluntary Service A prestigious national award has been given to Kent’s Volunteer Police Cadet programme in recognition of its outstanding volunteering achievements. Emergency Services Times 15/11/2024 News TVP’s ‘It Does Matter’ campaign targets non-contact sexual crimes to prevent offenders’ escalating behaviour The ‘It Does Matter’ campaign – launched jointly by Thames Valley Police and campaigner Lisa Squire, whose daughter Libby was murdered by a sexual predator – aims to encourage reporting of non-contact sexual crimes to prevent offenders from escalating to more dangerous behaviour; now the force is hoping to share the campaign and its resources more widely with police colleagues and other agencies, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 15/11/2024 Analysis, Feature Counter Terrorism workforce bolstered by Police Now recruits as pilot programme expands A cohort of talented and diverse Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) recruits is set to bolster the UK’s protection against and response to terrorist threat, as Police Now expands its CTP training. Emergency Services Times 15/11/2024 News MPD officers who rescued man threatening to set himself alight on boat win award The incident was difficult due to the officers having to operate at a substantial distance from the shore, at night, with poor communications. Police Oracle - Subscription at source 15/11/2024 News Report on an inspection visit to police custody suites in Thames Valley Police This report describes our findings following an inspection of Thames Valley Police custody facilities. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 15/11/2024 Report Police force criticised over ‘dirty cells’ A police force has been criticised by regulators for leaving some cells "dirty" and not having "enough oversight" of its custody suites. BBC 15/11/2024 News Report on an inspection visit to police custody suites in Thames Valley Police The latest report in our rolling inspection of police custody facilities has been published today. 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